At Monocle, we believe work is more than a job. It is a chance to make a difference in the world of finance. An opportunity to fulfil your potential. To make friendships with ambitious, positive, like-minded people. To gain invaluable industry experience and learn critical skills that will set you up for a successful career in marketing.
Monocle is a people-centric, independent consulting firm, specialising in banking and insurance. We understand that our greatest asset is our people and because of this, we do things a bit differently.
Monocle offers:
Unparalleled growth and exposure: Monocle is uniquely positioned in the market to undertake projects across a wide spectrum of critical and exciting areas of the financial services industry. Our consultants deliver mission critical projects at the most prestigious banks and insurers in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Amsterdam.
Unlimited training and development: Investment in our people's development is at the heart of Monocle's company ethos. That is why we prioritise the upskilling of every employee.
Unique and vibrant company culture: At Monocle, we believe friends work better together than colleagues. We love nothing more than partaking in a wide variety of activities through our company sponsored clubs.
Ultra-competitive compensation: At Monocle, we want the best talent to join our team, so we understand that those individuals need to be recognised and rewarded for their true value.
What is Monocle:
Monocle is an industry-leading management consulting firm specialising in banking and insurance. Through our bespoke consultancy service, we work with leading banks and large financial institutions, in South Africa, UK and Europe, to transform the way these institutions do business by implementing innovative and results-driven solutions. Monocle's services are highly sought after in the industry for the delivery of mission critical projects, as our versatile knowledge of banking, data systems, quantitative experience and strategic insight allows us to provide a unique service to our clients.
What we are looking for:
Monocle is looking for a talented Marketing Specialist to join our dynamic and growing marketing team. The candidate would take on a leading role in executing, tracking and optimising our global marketing campaigns across our marketing mix. We are looking for someone with the experience to be able to autonomously lead multiple projects across a variety of business needs and successfully deliver work for a range of internal stakeholders.
As a Marketing Specialist, you should have a passion for building brands, strong attention to detail, a broad range of marketing expertise and capable project management abilities. If you have a creative way of thinking and innovative ideas to build our brand through multiple channels, we would love you to join our team.
As a Marketing Specialist at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include supporting the marketing team to:
Take business imperatives and translate them into marketing objectives and plans
Autonomously manage multi-channel marketing campaigns
Take a leading role in developing approaches, project plans and budget management to execute against Monocle's marketing strategy
Oversee the execution across a range of marketing mediums.
Partner our internal stakeholders to build our marketing strategies through competitor research, platform knowledge, benchmarking, messaging and target audience identification.
Oversee the day-to-day content and engagement of our owned marketing channels to continuously improve our presence, develop our brand and grow our audience.
Formulate insights and improvements based off key marketing and business objectives (ROI and KPIs)
Identify trends and insights while optimising spend and performance based on research and insights.
Develop new and creative approaches and campaign ideas.
Stay up to date with the latest marketing trends, technologies and social media best practices.
Build Monocle's market presence, amplifying the message as an employee of choice and preferred execution partner to our clients.
The following areas will be part of your responsibility:
Developing and executing against Monocle's international marketing strategy
Oversee the success of our owned marketing channels, particularly social media and website
Ensuring Monocle is positioned as an employer of choice
Optimise and manage Google ads, SEO and website maintenance
Conceptual campaign creation
Campaign execution
Campaign analytics and optimisation
Sponsorship and event co-ordination
Internal communication management
Campaign budget optimisation and tracking
Customer relationship management
The Ideal Monocle Marketing Specialist:
Holds a Marketing Degree, with an Honour Degree being preferential
4 – 6 years of marketing experience
Hands on experience across multiple marketing channels for a professional services brand
Experience in B2B marketing
Experience in managing multi-faceted campaigns
In-depth analytical ability and dashboarding capabilities
Understanding of the financial services industry
Proven ability to working across a variety of geographies, in particular the UK and EU
Proven communication and project management skills
A team player able to effectively own key marketing activities and deal with top management
Strong attention to detail
Creative and proactive
An interest in banking and insurance
A strong understanding of the media landscape that is applicable for our target audience
Recruitment Process:
During the interview process, you will meet with different Monocle representatives – including both People and Culture representatives, the Head of Marketing and Monocle Executives – and may be asked to demonstrate your abilities through a simple assessment. A critical aspect of the interview process will be determining whether Monocle will be a good fit for you and your career aspirations, so please come prepared with any questions you may have.
If you have a passion for finance and problem-solving, a relevant qualification, and think you have what it takes to join a team of your smartest and most driven peers, apply to Monocle today.